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William Sutton Prize for social housing reveals 2023 shortlist
Clarion Housing Group has named the six finalists in its ideas contest for radical concepts to transform the lives of social housing residents
Competition wins
Updates on architectural competitions, including shortlists, winners and other news
Be First names practices to deliver 3,500 socially rented homes
Barking and Dagenham Council’s regeneration arm, Be First, has chosen eight teams for its new architecture framework to deliver 3,500 socially rented homes
Bradford City of Culture names winner in events space contest
Bradford UK City of Culture 2025 has named architect Carter Gregson Gray as winner of its Beacon competition for a £500,000 mobile, pop-up performance venue
DSDHA wins approval for £2.5 Henry Moore learning hub
DSDHA has won planning permission for an estimated £2.5 million learning and exhibition space at the Henry Moore Foundation's headquarters in Perry Green, Hertfordshire
Studio Egret West wins Northampton masterplan contest
West Northamptonshire Council has chosen Studio Egret West to masterplan the regeneration of Greyfriars bus station in Northampton
Six teams in running for government’s small nuclear reactors rollout
Designs by six companies for the next generation of nuclear reactors have been selected to progress in a government-supported competition
Zaha Hadid Architects wins contest for huge cultural district in Chinese resort
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has been picked to build a new 409,000m² harbourside cultural district in the Chinese beach resort of Sanya
Bristol contest for 100% affordable housing reveals five-strong shortlist
The Bristol Housing Festival has named the five local architects competing to redevelop a site on Midland Road in the city’s Old Market Quarter
CarverHaggard wins contest to revamp former Folkestone department store
CarverHaggard has won Folkestone and Hythe District Council’s competition for a £2.2 million partial restoration of the town’s former Debenhams store
Liverpool set to launch major waterfront masterplanning contest
Liverpool City Council is planning a competition to find a masterplanner who will rethink its historic waterfront